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. 2014 Nov 15;62:41–47. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.11.010

Table 2.

Characteristics of five non-immunocompromised patients with severe rhinovirus-associated pneumonia.

Patient No. Year/
month
Age
/sex
Underlying disease or condition Category of pneumonia Nasopharyngeal rhinovirus PCR Co-pathogen CT findings Complication Outcome (cause of death)
1 2010/
April
73/
male
COPD CAP Not done None Bilateral mulifocal pathy consolidation and ground-glass opacities with interlobular septal thickening Right ventricular failure Died at hospital day 9 (pulmonary embolism)
2 2010/
June
84/
male
COPD, bronchiectasis HAP Negative None Both lower lung consolidation Atrial fibrillation, hypoxic brain damage Alive
3 2010/
September
70/
male
None CAP Positive None Both lower lung consolidation None Alive
4 2010/
October
81/
male
None CAP Positive None Right mid-lobe and lower lobe consolidation, left hydropneumothorax Acinetobacter baumannii ventilator-associated pneumonia Died at hospital day 81 (ventilator-associated pneumonia)
5 2012/
January
64/
male
Diabetes mellitus, fishbone-associated esophageal abscess → s/p surgical drainage HAP Negative A. baumannii + respiratory syncytial virus A Bilateral multifocal ground-glass opacity Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis Alive

ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; CAP, community-acquired pneumonia; COPD, chronic obstructive lung disease; CT, computed tomography; HAP, hospital-acquired pneumonia.